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The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe urges Government not to turn blind eye to Iranian oppression

The former prisoner of Iran said she wants to see more action over the current human rights abuses in the country

Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2022

How prisons could be more humane

Reform efforts could also extend to changing the prison environment itself, experts say

Salon · Oct 7, 2022

Bialiatski joins small group of jailed Nobel Peace laureates

Belarussian Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with human rights groups in Russia and Ukraine, is the fourth person to receive the award while in prison or detention

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

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Charles Bronson planning boxing fight 'comeback' with Tyson Fury when he leaves prison

Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson, 70, has kept fit during 47 years in jail. He now wants to get in touch with Tyson Fury, a former pen pal, to brush up on his boxing skills

Daily Mirror · Oct 7, 2022

Paedo caught with 'stanley knife' tried to groom 'girl' online

The 49-year-old sent an "extraordinary" number of messages of a "graphic" sexual nature

Liverpool Echo · Oct 7, 2022

The disgusting reason a dealer had to be moved to three different police cells after his arrest

Police had to move Connah to three different cells

Manchester Evening News · Oct 7, 2022

How Biden’s marijuana pardons could change thousands of lives

The plan likely won’t free anyone from prison, but it could help justice-impacted people after they get out

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

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Stephen Lawrence murder suspect Jamie Acourt to be freed from prison in weeks

The suspect was on the run from police for his part in a £3 million drugs plot

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

Notorious Edinburgh inmate stabbed two prison guards during row over meal

Darren Cornelius was just 11 when he abducted a nine-year-old girl in Edinburgh and stabbed her repeatedly, narrowly missing an artery in her throat. She was later rescued by a passer-by.

Edinburgh Live · Oct 7, 2022

Nobel winner Byalyatski's wife hopes telegram will reach him in prison

The wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Byalyatski said on Friday that he may not even know of the news, which she tried to break to him in a telegram to a Belarusian prison.

Reuters · Oct 7, 2022

Two inmates killed at California state prisons within 24 hours, officials say

LOS ANGELES — The deaths of two men within 24 hours at California prisons are being investigated as homicides, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 7, 2022

Scots child killer attacked prison officer over wait for breakfast cereal

Murderer Jordan McCready was left crying over spilt milk on Friday after being sentenced to eight months for the morning attack.

Daily Record · Oct 7, 2022

Detroit man sentenced in killings of 4 women, 2 sex assaults

A Detroit man was sentenced to at least 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering four women whose bodies were found in vacant houses, and to sexually assaulting two other women

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

One of Scotland's most dangerous offenders stabbed two guards after prison meal row

Darren Cornelius, 32, admitted stabbing guards at HMP Shotts in Lanarkshire on September 13 last year.

Daily Record · Oct 7, 2022

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Glasgow Live · Oct 7, 2022

'Most dangerous teenager in Scotland' stabbed two prison officers over dinner row

Darren Cornelius flew into a rage at two guards at HMP Shott as his evening meal was being served and stabbed two men with a 'small white' blade from his pocket.

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

As US pardons cannabis convictions Tories call for it to be classified the same as heroin

Atlantic rift widens on approach to drug laws

The Conversation · Oct 7, 2022

A Pennsylvania prison gets a Scandinavian-style makeover – and shows how the US penal system could become more humane

The United States has the largest number of people incarcerated in the world – about 25% of all people imprisoned worldwide are in American prisons and jails.

Tribune News Service · Oct 7, 2022

Editorial: Hard labor will be death sentence for Pa. man detained in Russia

The Biden administration’s continues to fail U.S. citizen and Oakmont resident Marc Fogel, who was convicted in Russia of possessing less than an ounce of marijuana. In June, a Russian court sentenced Fogel, 61, to 14 years’ imprisonment at a labor camp. On Wednesday, his family announced that he had…

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Reason · Oct 7, 2022

Brickbat: Bad News

A BBC journalist has been given a second sentence of three years of hard labor by a court in Myanmar for making contact with an outlawed pro-democracy group. Htet Htet Khine received her first three-year prison sentence on Sept. 15 for violating a law barring incitement and false news. Since…

Irish Mirror · Oct 7, 2022

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch 'hadn't a clue' pal Jonathan Dowdall would testify against him until days before court date

A prison source said: ”They were the best of buddies for the last year since the Monk was arrested and brought home from Spain."

Daily Record · Oct 7, 2022

Dumfries Prison to open its doors for staff recruitment days

The Scottish Prison Service is looking to boost its workforce at several jails across the country

Nottingham Post · Oct 7, 2022

Concern over lunch options at Bulwell Academy that are 'like feeding animals scrap'

"They're getting treated worse than in a prison"

Dublin Live · Oct 7, 2022

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch 'hadn't a clue' his pal would testify against him

"They were the best of buddies for the last year since the Monk was arrested and brought home from Spain"

AAP · Oct 7, 2022

Jail for repeat child abuse crimes in Tas

A 22-year-old Tasmanian man will spend up to five years in jail for accessing child abuse material days after being released from prison for the same crimes.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 7, 2022

Philadelphia issues apology for decades-old prison experiments

PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia issued an apology Thursday for the unethical experiments a University of Pennsylvania faculty member of 50 years performed on Holmesburg Prison inmates between the 1950s and 1970s.

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